Joshua 9:18

¹⁶And it came to pass three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbors, and that they dwelt among them.

¹⁷And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and the cities of Jearim.

— Joshua 9:18 —

¹⁹And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.

²⁰This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.